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looked on

looked on is the simple past and past participle of look on.

Meaning of look on

Verb

look on (third-person singular simple present looks on, present participle looking on, simple past and past participle looked on)

  1. (idiomatic) To watch; to observe without participating.
    • My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on.
  2. (idiomatic) To think of something in a particular way.
    • I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend.

Questions about looked on

What is looked on the simple past and past participle of?
Looked on is the simple past and past participle of look on.

Words near looked on in the dictionary

  1. looked like something the cat's dragged in
  2. looked like who did it and ran
  3. looked like who did it and ran away
  4. looked lively
  5. looked off
  6. looked on
  7. looked on as
  8. looked on the black side
  9. looked on the bright side
  10. looked on the bright side of it
  11. looked on the dark side

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looked on (page history and authors); look on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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